Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing with our sharing of Marilyn Cornwell’s dramatic pictures of railway subjects, we offer four more images here. I asked Marilyn what her secret was in processing her images to get such spectacular results and she offered: “The processing of these images
Click on each image for a closer look! In this series of postings, we are featuring the work of a good friend of mine, Marilyn Cornwell, who in recent years has made a career transition to being a photographer. At her website she describes herself as follows: “Marilyn Cornwell is
Click on each image for a closer look! The July 1st holiday weekend proved a busy one for the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre. As can be seen from the accompanying images, it saw the U33 simulator and the TH&B Van #70 being switched in their locations in stall #16. First
Click on the image for a closer look! Acquiring images of past railway operations. especially in the Toronto area is something that many of us pursue. John Mellow, a member of the Board of TRHA, has acquired another photo taken in the Don Station in the early 1960’s. This is
The video below gives us a close up view of the vintage train set being moved into and out of the Railway Children theatrical production. This happens several times during the actual performance. The event becomes one of the attractions at the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre when the shows are
Click on each image for a closer look! As many are aware, CP maintains and operates a heritage train pulled by one of their famed CPR Royal Hudson #2816 steam locomotives. Each year, they bring the train to special events around Canada and offer rides to the public with revenues
Click on each image for a closer look! Highball is not only the name of a famous mixed alcoholic drink but, in the world of railways, is defined as “a signal to start a train, given with the hand or with a lamp” and also as a “signal for a
Click on each image for a closer look! Father’s Day weekend was a busy one. Michael Guy reports on Saturday’s miniature railway operations as follows: “We had a good day today (Saturday), with 321 riders. We tried out the new schedule, which allowed two windows during the Railway Children performance
When the John st Roundhouse stalls 1 to 11 were re-built, three original 1929 wooden smoke jacks were removed from stalls 1 to 3 and stored. Deterioration and lack of storage space has dictated they be destroyed. The video below documents an initiative undertaken recently by volunteers of the TRHC
Click on each image for a closer look! . Safety is a constant concern within Roundhouse Park and our TRHA volunteers are continually looking for opportunities to improve it as we build our operating experience. The images here capture our recent production in our shops of signs to both warn